I ended up writing an essay in response to this blog post. I'm re-posting it here on my own blog.
Mad Pride Movement Meets in Toronto

The sensationalistic approach to covering the “Mad Pride” movement seems to be claiming that they are against psychiatric drugs. They are not; they are against forcing drugs on someone who has made the decision to ( Read more... )

You guys probably know that I'm not fond of taking pills; but neither am I against the use of medication. (What I am against is prescribing medication without knowing exactly what you're doing, at the lowest dose needed and for the shortest time needed. It's even worse when they are doing it while assuming that the person taking the meds doesn't ( Read more... )

Everybody loses their keys once in a while... everybody sometimes has trouble focusing on a boring book... everyone occasionally forgets things, or leaves a room messy, or daydreams in class. So that means ADHD is a fake diagnosis, right? People with ADHD are normal; they just need to be more disciplined... or do they ( Read more... )

OK, so in my anatomy class yesterday we discussed neurotransmitters.

I learned that:
Low levels of dopamine are linked to ADHD, and Ritalin and other stimulants help partly because they raise dopamine levels.
A dopamine receptor antagonist is used to treat high levels of dopamine, like in schizophrenia.

So recently I was reading about ADHD online, and ( Read more... )

OK, so basically I grew up in a household that didn't believe in psychologists. My mom knew I had Asperger's type autism, and she knew I was hyperactive and scattered, but she didn't do anything about it because she thought there was no such thing as either one. It only got called "bad behavior ( Read more... )

OK. So you've got a mental illness. Should you take medication?

Unless it's a life-or-death emergency or you can't think straight enough to say yes or no, that's your decision to make. But remember that medication is neither a cure-all nor a poisonous substance to be avoided at all costs; and making a snap decision either way will cost you.

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Mmm... green tea. If only it had more caffeine!

From http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm:

8-ounce Beverage milligrams   Coffee, Drip 115-175 Coffee, Brewed ( Read more... )